◆ SpookStack

The narrator then staicd the big issue at stake is the death pe nat many question the morality of t:’ Governor Pat Brown of Catiforniz he death penalty hag been a gross failure and has neither protected th ‘eterred the wicked. He said in actual practice the death penalty is inflicted on the ick, the poor, the ignorant, the alcoholic, the psychotic and racial minorities. . Smith then returns to.Chessman and asks why is he so importa aentions he is a convicted author who-has written several best sellers and who m2 is innocence. James Miller Levy, Who prosecuted Chessman, states he earned the de: enalty. Al Matthews, Chessman's defense attorney, then describes the trial pointing ut the discrepancies in the descriptions furnished by witnesses at the time the crirscs sere reported’and the Chessman trial. He claims Chessman is not guilty anc a *anied due ‘process of law because of a faulty trial transcript whica contains 2, ‘e points out after original'court reporter died his notes were transcribed by uc ud is amazed an innocent man could be convicted this way. ivr. Levy answers by 5 nat he has no quarrel with Chessman's right to appeal. He then quotes from a Supre Jourt Justice who, in his opinion, points out Chessman cannot escape the violent story \ xf what he did and that the so-called errors in transcription are trifling. The next voice heard is that of Abraham Wirin of the American Civil iberties Union (ACLU) who claims ‘that Chessman's execution will have an e t : hroughout the world: He points out Chessman has been used as a pawn ina aternational game and was snatched from the death penalty to protect the Presi the United States. He feels it is not fair that any man should be used for such a pt Governor Brown then reads from his statement granting Ches 's -eprieve in February giving as his reason his desire to let the California Le : xpress itself once“*more on capital: punishment and because of the telegram frou .. State Department relative to possible repercussion in Uruguay. . . Stanley Mosk, California Attorney General, then states that the U. Department of State lacked courage in that instance by first doing the right thing then backing away from its position when subject to Congressional criticisra and attempting to blame California for initiating the inquiry as to the effect Chessmaun's . execution would have on the President's South American trip. . . ~ ‘Smith, the narrator, then points out that the Vice Presicent of ch States is on record as favoring the death penalty. He discusses roascas % has caused such an uproar principally because of Chessman's briiliance anc © he sact